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How does NC keep crime rates so low compared to other places like every other state in the south has atleast 1 really high crime city like tn has memphis ga has atlanta mississippi has jackson florida got a couple of cities even SC got 1. None of the cities in NC have high murder rates an the violent crime rates arent that high im talking about cities Fayetteville,Durham for example not small towns. I know its people from more sheltered backgrounds and people who never been anywhere else who think crime everywhere and is bad here but its not any explanations.

I'd say NC's annexation laws have a lot to do with it. It's keeps more money/less crime overall within city limits. Versus other large cities where a big part of the population within city belongs to those who can't afford to move out of it. In NC the "city" follows you. At least it did. I honestly am not 100% schooled up on the recent changes to the annexation laws.

Have you been to Charlotte lately? I love that city, but the crime rate there is probably the highest in the state. Check out this website and see for yourself:Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed

The following are 2011 statistics:
In North Carolina, the violent crime rate is 3.63 per 1,000 residents. In Charlotte, the violent crime rate is 5.81 per 1,000 residents. In North Carolina, the property crime rate is 34.47 per 1,000 residents. In Charlotte, the property crime rate is 41.21 per 1,000 residents. In North Carolina, there are an average of 6 crimes per square mile. In Charlotte, there are an average of 91 crimes per square mile.

Have you been to Charlotte lately? I love that city, but the crime rate there is probably the highest in the state. Check out this website and see for yourself:Moderator cut: link removed, linking to competitor sites is not allowed

The following are 2011 statistics:
In North Carolina, the violent crime rate is 3.63 per 1,000 residents. In Charlotte, the violent crime rate is 5.81 per 1,000 residents. In North Carolina, the property crime rate is 34.47 per 1,000 residents. In Charlotte, the property crime rate is 41.21 per 1,000 residents. In North Carolina, there are an average of 6 crimes per square mile. In Charlotte, there are an average of 91 crimes per square mile.

Those stats just show Mecklenburg as slightly above average in the crime department as far as NC goes. Meck is on the higher side compared to other NC counties, but the highest rates are in New Hanover, Durham, and particularly the rural counties in the eastern part of the state. For example, Richmond and Robeson County had more than 7,000 crimes per 100,000 residents while Meck had a little less than 5,000 crimes per 100,000.

This: "In North Carolina, there are an average of 6 crimes per square mile. In Charlotte, there are an average of 91 crimes per square mile," is a completely useless and misleading statistic because you're averaging farmland with less than 10 people per square mile with cities like Charlotte with 1,000 people per square mile.

As far as the crime rates go, it's really a poverty thing. The South has more crime because there is more poverty. North Carolina is less poor than other Southern states (except Virginia, which has a MUCH lower overall crime rate as well as a lower poverty rate)

From the aforementioned link to the statistics, here's a quick look at the Index Crime Rate for the core counties of NC's largest Metro areas (2010)...ordered from highest rate to lowest. Rates above the state average are in Red while the ones lower are in Green.

As far as the crime rates go, it's really a poverty thing. The South has more crime because there is more poverty. North Carolina is less poor than other Southern states (except Virginia, which has a MUCH lower overall crime rate as well as a lower poverty rate)

And then there are things like a house getting shot a couple times but being wrote up as vandalism.

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